The Dusk Paradigm | VOCALOID AU | WITH OCS

Chapter 21: School & Rehab

A familiar snow-white haired character finished her work at school, so she was laying in bed playing video games. Her room was dark, the only light being the bright television since it was a rainy day. Her thumb repeatedly smashed the X button as she tried to finish her opponent.

Her dog, Paco, started barking. "Paco, shush!" she yelled, but he didn't shut up. She rolled her eyes, assuming he was barking at a animal. She continued smashing the X button, but a few moments passed and he didn't stop. She paused the game and stormed downstairs. "Paco, what is it?!" she said, rubbing his sides. He pawed at the front door.

"If you wanted to play outside, you could've used the pet flap." she said. She opened the front door and gasped. There was a man being rolled out to the ambulance across the street.

To her right was a medic holding a familiar crying boy. She squinted her eyes. "Is that the redhead from school?" she whispered. She shut the door to stop looking suspicious and looked out the kitchen window instead.

She couldn't see who the man was, but she recognized Fukase. He was the kid who spoke on her behalf, even if it was slightly. "Is he okay?" she asked herself. She quickly shook her head and mentally slapped herself after realizing how concerned she got for a minute. ‘Whatever, it's not my issue.’ she thought.

Flower went back upstairs and unpaused her game. She resumed to smashing the X button, but she soon zoned out.

‘What was his name again?’ she thought, ‘It started with a “F” like mine.’

She started to trail off, but immediately pulled herself together. She focused back on the screen only to realize her character died. "Dammit." she groaned. She turned the game off and layed on her bed. She stretched and rolled on her stomach. She didn't catch any cases, she was just taken off gaurd on how someone defended her. She figured it was because she'd always been bullied before moving.

She yawned and hugged her pillow. ‘whatever happened over there kinda reminds me of that incident at the gas station someone told me about.’ she thought to herself. She shook her thoughts off and fell asleep

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It was another day at school. Fukase got out of Teto's car and made his way toward campus. Sweet ol' grandma Mayako gave him the option to stay home, but he knew damn well that he'd miss loads of schoolwork, so that wouldn't work.

He sat down on one the benches in the courtyard, waiting for school to start, (which would be in approximately ten minutes.)

A few moments later, he saw that familiar new girl arrive on campus. ‘New kid...’ he thought to himself. Once she reached school gates, she noticed the kid looking at her.

He realized she caught him and looked away quickly and nervously. "Tough crowd?" said a voice next to him. He jumped in his seat only to see it was Manny. "Sorry, did I scare you?" he said. Fukase rolled his eyes. He nodded, seeming pretty tired. (Which he was.) Manny sat next to him and put his arm around him. "New girl's a bit of a hard-head." he claimed. "Leave her alone" said Fukase, forcing Manny's arm off him. "Tsk, she's not gonna last here. I bet Katie will flame her, I know that they have some sort of history together though." he said.

"What even is the deal with them?" "Katie and Flower used to go to the same school together. The twins only transferred here about a week before you did." he said. Fukase nodded. "I remember being told that. If they used to go to the same school, which one was it?" "I think it was Hailwood Acres."

"Hailwood Acres?" he said unenthusiastically. "That's shocking. Hailwood is the sister school of Greenwood because they're under the same contract. That's why they both have ‘wood’ in the name," he explained, "The difference is that Hailwood is just a normal school, it's not a advanced academy like ours." Fukase looked at Manny with an amused expression. "How are they under the same name with such a different system?" he asked.